Bushel

Review by eFreeware

If you run a farm and your records live in a mix of notebooks, spreadsheets and messages to your accountant, Bushel is built for that situation. It is a business app that gathers field maps, rainfall data, satellite imagery, crop marketing, land agreements and profitability figures into one place, so the numbers behind a season are not scattered across half a dozen tools. The developer describes it as a replacement for exactly that kind of patchwork, and the pitch is easy to understand: when margins are tight, knowing where you stand matters.

What makes it more than a records app is the way those records are meant to turn into figures you can act on. The app produces cost of production, grain position and profit and loss at field or crop level, which is the sort of thing a farm office usually assembles by hand at the end of a season. It also carries a wallet feature, and that is where the app splits into two halves: farm records on one side, money movement on the other.

Bushel is free to install and shows no ads, though it does offer in-app purchases. It has been on Google Play since July 2012 and has passed 50,000 installs, with a 2.7 average from 468 ratings.

Field records that stay in one place

The core of the app is record keeping. Field maps, rainfall data and satellite imagery sit together, which is a sensible grouping: the map tells you where a field is, the rainfall history tells you what it has had, and the imagery gives you a view of how it is performing. For anyone who has tried to hold that picture together across separate tools, having it in one app is the main appeal.

Land agreements are tracked in the same place, which matters if you farm ground you do not own. Lease terms, arrangements with landlords and the fields they relate to can live alongside the rest of the record rather than in a folder somewhere. Crop marketing is in there too, so what you have sold and what you still hold sits next to what you have grown.

Those are the figures that decide next season's plan, and having them derived from the same records you already keep is the practical argument for the app. It also means a partner or adviser can be shown the position without a fresh round of spreadsheet assembly.

The wallet side of the app

Bushel's wallet feature is a different proposition from the record keeping. It lets a farmer set up a Bushel Business Account, which pays interest and is provided by The Bancorp Bank, N.A., Member FDIC. Payments can be sent and received, and existing bank accounts can be linked for transfers.

Coverage reaches $5 million per depositor, spread across sweep program banks. That is a large figure by personal banking standards, and it is aimed at farm-scale balances rather than household ones. Anyone weighing the wallet should read that arrangement carefully, because the insurance comes through a sweep structure rather than a single bank balance.

The appeal is obvious for a farm that already uses the app for records: payments from grain buyers and transfers to the operating account sit in the same place as the marketing records that explain them. The app is free to install and carries in-app purchases, and the wallet is the part of the product where money is genuinely involved, so it is worth treating the two halves separately when you decide whether the app earns a place on your phone.

Cutting out manual entry

One of the more useful details is that Bushel syncs with John Deere Operations Center and Climate FieldView. If your machinery and field data already live in either of those, the app can pull that information in rather than asking you to type it again. Manual entry is where farm record systems usually fall apart, so a sync with tools you already use is a meaningful feature rather than a checkbox.

Field records can also be shared digitally for sustainability programs. Those programs typically want documented field histories, and being able to hand over records from the same system you farm with saves a separate administrative exercise. Permission controls govern sharing, so nothing goes out without the user's authorization.

That combination, syncing inward and sharing outward under permission controls, is what makes the app more than a private notebook. It is the difference between records you keep for yourself and records that can do work for you with buyers, programs and partners.

What you need before you start

Bushel installs on Android and is free to download, with in-app purchases available. Linking existing bank accounts is part of the same setup if you want to move funds between them.

Syncing requires data to already exist in John Deere Operations Center or Climate FieldView. If your operation does not use either, the app still works as a record-keeping tool. The most recent update fixes an issue that was preventing mobile check deposit on newer Android devices, which tells you the wallet side is actively maintained.

The app has been on the store since July 2012 and was last updated in September 2026. It has more than 50,000 installs and a 2.7 average rating from 468 ratings, so it is a long-running product with a mixed reception rather than a new arrival.

Who gets the most from it

The clearest fit is a farm that already keeps records in more than one place and wants them consolidated. If you are tracking rainfall, field histories, leases and marketing in separate spreadsheets, the app's promise of one organized home for all of it is the reason to look at it.

Farms that need to document field histories for sustainability programs are another good match. Being able to share records digitally, with permission controls governing who sees what, turns a compliance chore into something closer to a button press. And a farm that wants its banking and its marketing records in one app has the wallet feature to consider, provided it is comfortable opening a business account with the partner bank.

Someone farming a small plot for their own use, or anyone after a simple note-taking tool, will find more here than they need. The app is built around commercial record keeping and money movement, and the value comes from the volume of records and the number of parties involved. A single field with a few notes does not need this much structure.

A records hub for commercial farms

Bushel is worth a serious look if you run a farm at a scale where records, marketing and payments all need to line up. It brings field maps, rainfall and satellite imagery, land agreements and crop marketing together, turns them into cost of production, grain position and field-level profit and loss, and adds a business account with payment and transfer features.

The caveats are the ones the product itself creates. The wallet side requires opening a Bushel Business Account, the automatic imports require data in one of the two supported platforms, and the app carries in-app purchases on top of a free download. The 2.7 average from 468 ratings is also a signal that not every farmer has found it smooth going, so it is worth reading recent reviews before committing your records to it.

For a farm office that wants one place to see the season's numbers and move money, the feature set is genuinely broad. For everyone else, the app is more machinery than the job requires.

What's new in version 9.0.2

Fixes an issue preventing mobile check deposit on newer Android devices.